The city's recently approved budget includes increased fines for drivers caught on speed cameras.
The cost of a plastic shopping bag will increase from seven cents to 10 cents.
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And the tax on streaming services such as Netflix will increase 10.25%.
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Government watchdog Joe Ferguson says something needs to change.
"There is a corrosive effect on all of us to endlessly being nickel and dimed without knowing exactly what we're being nickel and dimed for," Ferguson said.
The city budget does avoid the $300-million property tax increase that Mayor Brandon Johnson had initially proposed.